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Heterogeneities in the glassy state.

Katharina Vollmayr-Lee1, Annette Zippelius

  • 1Department of Physics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837, USA. kvollmay@bucknell.edu

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|December 31, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Mobile and immobile particles in a binary Lennard-Jones system exhibit distinct clustering behaviors near the glass transition. Immobile particles cluster more with increasing temperature, while mobile particles show pronounced clustering at lower temperatures, suggesting cooperative motion.

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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science
  • Computational physics

Background:

  • Understanding the behavior of matter below the glass transition is crucial for materials science.
  • Heterogeneities in amorphous solids influence their mechanical and dynamic properties.
  • Molecular dynamics simulations are a powerful tool for studying particle-level behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate heterogeneities in a binary Lennard-Jones system below the glass transition.
  • To analyze the distribution of vibrational amplitudes for mobile and immobile particles.
  • To explore the clustering behavior and correlations between mobile and immobile particles.

Main Methods:

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of a binary Lennard-Jones system.

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  • Identification and characterization of mobile and immobile particles.
  • Measurement of vibrational amplitude distributions.
  • Cluster analysis of particle arrangements based on mobility and temperature.

    • Main Results:

    • Vibrational amplitude distributions near the glass transition follow scaling laws, consistent with mean-field theory for amorphous solids.
    • Immobile particles exhibit increased clustering with rising temperature, enhancing their immobility.
    • Mobile particles display maximum clustering at low temperatures, indicating that mobility arises from cooperative motion.

    Conclusions:

    • Particle mobility and immobility in amorphous solids are strongly influenced by temperature-dependent clustering.
    • Cooperative motion is essential for sustaining particle mobility at low temperatures.
    • The findings provide insights into the microscopic origins of the glass transition.